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Classic Merging over the next 12 months
August 21, 2023 at
02:31 PM
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Last Edited by JBrillSD August 21, 2023 at 02:39 PM
The Slickdeals community team has been working hard to make Slickdeals the best it can be for over 20 years, and new updates roll out to the community almost every week.
As a part of that effort, we'll be merging the Classic version of Slickdeals with the latest version of Slickdeals over the next 12 months.
You can anticipate the following as part of that platform merger:
If you primarily use Classic, there's no need for you to take any action. Your current Slickdeals account will remain active and will change to the current, unified experience automatically.
Millions of Slickdeals members are already using the current version of the website, which has dark mode support, improved shopping intelligence, and easier ways to engage with the community.
Change can be hard. Bringing all Slickdealers together into a single experience will enable you to continue to enjoy the latest community features and enhancements.
Thank you for being a member of the Slickdeals community!
As a part of that effort, we'll be merging the Classic version of Slickdeals with the latest version of Slickdeals over the next 12 months.
You can anticipate the following as part of that platform merger:
- Access to the Classic version of Slickdeals will reduce over time. This process starts on August 22, 2023.
- You can expect a variety of improvements to the latest version of Slickdeals, often referred to within the community as "Redesign," specifically intended to make it easier for Classic users to transition to Redesign.
- The team of engineers and product folks managing the merger will conduct continuous interviews to make sure a variety of community voices and points of view are included. You can sign up for a 1:1 with a team member here [calendly.com].
- If you primarily use Classic, you will migrate over to the newest version of Slickdeals throughout the next year.
If you primarily use Classic, there's no need for you to take any action. Your current Slickdeals account will remain active and will change to the current, unified experience automatically.
Millions of Slickdeals members are already using the current version of the website, which has dark mode support, improved shopping intelligence, and easier ways to engage with the community.
Change can be hard. Bringing all Slickdealers together into a single experience will enable you to continue to enjoy the latest community features and enhancements.
Thank you for being a member of the Slickdeals community!
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Last Edited by LowRoller
September 9, 2023
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03:12 PM
I'd ask anyone who is truly opposed to this change to schedule a time to talk with someone from SD one on one. Maybe, if we get enough folks to talk to them directly, maybe, just maybe, we can get them to give us a ... hmm... a Classic Clone using redesign. (?)
Here's the link from the OP: https://calendly.com/d/2k8-kg6-hz...th=2023-08
Here's the link from the OP: https://calendly.com/d/2k8-kg6-hz...th=2023-08
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Kudos for pushing and trying new things though!!! keep it up!
and that idiotic 'personalized' tag sticking out as a sore thumb...
ouch...
You really need someone with usability training. This is horrible. Absolutely need a way to change font weight and color. I used the old tan & black because it had decent contrast without inducing glare and I could get to a usable font size with zoom.
I don't want to wish astigmatisms and glaucoma on anyone, but you're making me rethink that position.
Go get some reading glasses you don't need. A decent +4 or so. Now, make the UI usable in spite of that.
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This site is an absolute eyesore to look at in it's current state.
new site design is incredibly hard to read!
it's clean and all, but that's about it.
really poorly implemented from a usability standpoint.
i'd be just fine if this was an upgrade from the 'classic' design, but this just isn't.
Also, the midnight theme is broken where some settings are invisible. The midnight theme just doesn't look great. I have a bright Add Slickdeals to Browser banner across the top, ruining the dark theme experience.
The fonts are also too thin.
There is too much wasted space on the Popular view. Get rid of the words in the activity column. You already have icons and the room can be used for more deal title text. Can you customize the view? I'd like to get rid of the Price column, since it is already in the title, and use that space for less title wrapping.